Dance questions

A typical flamenco dancer's outfit is a wide fluttering dress or skirt. Flamenco is danced solo. In flamenco, body movements and gestures express certain emotional states of the dancer or underline the meaning of words and the character of the melody that accompanies them.

A figure in which a man falls on his knee in front of a woman appears only in paso doble. A very theatrical, even exaggerated pose of a man's body also testifies to the character of the paso doble.

Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod , better known by the stage name Mata Hari was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France

New Zealand sports teams' practice of performing a haka before their international matches has made the haka more widely known around the world. This tradition began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby union team ("All Blacks") since 1905.

Maasai warriors are well known for, and often photographed during, their competitive "jumping dance". A circle is formed by the warriors, and one or two at a time will enter the center to begin jumping while maintaining a narrow posture, never letting their heels touch the ground.

Depending on relative positions and handholds, there are several versions of Botafogos while the basic footwork technique is the same. The name comes from Botafogo place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fandango is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. The meter of fandango is similar to that of the bolero and seguidilla.

Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Afro-Brazilian origin, For years, it became the major type of dance in the North east of Brazil during the holiday months. The dance is completely choreographed and the movements tend to mimic the lyrics.

The ballroom samba has its origins in Samba of Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. Most steps are danced with a slight downward bouncing or dropping action. This action is created through the bending and straightening of the knees, with bending occurring on the beats of 1 and 2, and the straightening occurring between.

The jive is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. Glenn Miller introduced his own jive dance in 1938 with the song "Doin' the Jive" which never caught on. The jive is one of the five International Latin dances. In competition it is danced at a speed of 176 beats per minute,